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Written Question · S1W-28567 · Session 1

How many vacant consultant posts there currently are in each acute hospital and expressed as a percentage of the complement of each hospita…

Answered Asked by Richard Lochhead SNP Lodged 22 Aug 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacant consultant posts there currently are in each acute hospital and expressed as a percentage of the complement of each hospital and how long the post has been vacant in each case.

The answer

Answered by Mary Mulligan on 17 Sep 2002 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

The latest available information on the number of consultant vacancies in each acute trust, is shown in the following table. Information at hospital level is not held centrally.Consultant Vacancies in Acute Trusts in NHSScotland: Headcount at 30 September 2001 | Establishment | In Post | Total Vacancies | Length of Vacancy | Vacancies as a % of Establishment
< 6 Months | 6 Months or More | Total | 6 Months or More
Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 164 | 151 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7.9 | 3.0
Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 138 | 136 | 2 | 2 |
- | 1.4 |
-
Borders Acute Hospital NHS Trust | 49 | 47 | 2 | 2 |
- | 4.1 |
-
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust | 69 | 68 | 1 |
- | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4
Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 129 | 116 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 10.1 | 9.3
Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 112 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.9
Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust | 308 | 295 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.6
North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 469 | 462 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.1
South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust | 211 | 209 |

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